Been thinking about money a lot since I started working full-time. Of course, one of the main reason would be because I started living by myself in a foreign country, so I need to keep my finances afloat so I can survive and afford the things that I want.

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A lot has changed since my last entry 8 months ago…

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We’re 2 months into the year 2020 and it already seems like this year will be a year of some major changes. Extremely exciting but also terrifying and nerve wracking.


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It’s been a while, eh?

I’ve been keeping this blog for myself for years but I’m pretty shitty at keeping it updated.

It was my first Japanniversary a couple weeks back. This year seriously flew by in the blink of an eye. At the beginning of the year, I extended my contract at my current job for another 8 months. So it looks like I’ll still be here ( Read more... )

It’s a little bit late but I’d like to try doing end-of-the-month wrap-up posts to just go over what I’ve done in the past month. Kind of like a reflection post of sorts? And to also highlight anything that might have happened or random thoughts and feelings.

February was quite a busy/hectic month for me.
I had a job interview, went to Seattle, had ( Read more... )

Know how I said in my last entry that there will be changes happening this year that I’m scared of?
And that I’ll worry if I’m making the right decisions or not?

Well… It’s happening.

I’ll be moving to Nagoya this summer.

Yeah, yeah. No one’s surprised. LOL
I’m partially excited and partially terrified.

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2017 hadn’t been the greatest year for me.
I don’t like to complain too much because I know I’m already very blessed and am grateful for what I have (I’ll whine a lot to my friends though. oops), but I think with it being the start of a new year, it’d be nice to look back and reflect so I can start afresh!

Let’s start with the bad…

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After my night shift yesterday, I picked up some breakfast (aka. drive-thru Timmies) on the way home in the morning. Showered, ate my food and did some translating until I finally got into bed at 10AM. Slept for 3ish hours (but honestly felt like I had barely fallen asleep) and then got up to meet up with friend for movie (Kingsman 2). Been having ( Read more... )

I’m leaving for Japan in 26 days and nothing’s done.
All my courses this semester is online but I’ve pretty much picked the worst 2 and a half weeks to leave the country. Setting aside the online post and paper deadlines that I will (hopefully) hand in in advance, the night before I leave Japan, I have an online final (2AM JST mind you because of ( Read more... )

Midterms haven’t been letting up. We had our first round of midterms that started mid-September with one a week, one week without midterms last week, and then second round of midterms started again with one a week until second week of November. Think you finally get a break? Nope, finals are in three weeks! Don’t forget any assignments and ( Read more... )